Now imagine being told that you didn't get the job at first because the boss wanted an assistant that was pretty and blonde. And you're fat and black, so they only hire you after the pretty chick steals from the company and fucks up the books so badly that you end up spending a year cleaning up her mess.

Precisely why I'll be shelling out extra $$ for a babysitter just to see this on opening weekend.

Someone who overpays for Rhodia webbies might, too — just sayin'. I'd love an Android version.

*Are* there such things as 'healthy/age-appropriate sites as far as porn goes? I mean, isn't porn pretty much the antithesis of appropriate anything for 13-year-olds?

Exactly! If J.crew had a plus size section, I'd be ALL over it. Good fabrics and classic cuts, decent construction ...if they can do it for xxs, why not xxl?

Because heaven forbid Limited shoppers have the unsavory knowledge that they might be wearing the same label as Lardia O'Fatbottom and decide to take their money elsewhere. Because part of the cachet/brand of fashion is its power to exclude (the better to inspire aspiration).

Actually, as a plus sized woman of color, I care just as much about the lack of visual representation as I do my inability to consumer the actual product, because it just hammers the idea home that This Is Not Necessarily For Me. And as a lover of lingerie, I beg to differ. As a woman whose bra size is above the…

You might also try MySkins (myskins.com) ; TLA wrote about it on her blog, as well.

Please know that you have apparently inspired our daughter, who Refuses to Sleep Unless Held.

Hear, hear!

hear, hear! Third date and together ever since.

Thank you so much for saying this. I grew up in a household that was firmly anti-fat, and around friends and in an community that let me know under no uncertain terms that anything beyond a certain size was simply unacceptable. I don't know where this idea of "oh, black folks love the fattiez" came from, but it…

Yeah. the "Oh, you won't even remember what your life was like before children!" Is LIES. ALL LIES.

Thank you for both being honest and confirming all my fears about motherhood and impending, inevitable funlessness.

Words cannot express my utter joy at the Maxine Shaw/Kyle Barker inclusion in this montage. Long Live Living Single!

sad but true. Too bad none of my original work would ever be trendy/ catchy/fanficy enough to make this kind of $$$$.

I'm a bit concerned with this, too; I was laid off while pregnant and part of the anxiety I feel is how I can possibly be a good mom and not working. I'd love to work, as being dependent on Mr. Divant's salary and goodwill makes me feel both worthless and afraid.

I thought the same thing! My copy of the Yummy Mummy Manifesto was all about keeping one's selfhood and sanity!

This sounds suspiciously like the diets my mother tried to put me on as a teen and guilt me into as an adult. I just listened to her have an entire phone conversation about how little she eats but still 'nourishes her body'. Measuring food, counting calories, placing moral and ethical labels on food and people that…

My prior gym experiences were awful — I remember working out at 9 p.m. just so I wouldn't have to deal with the gym bunnies and stares.